January 2012
2 posts
December 2011
9 posts
“By contrast we can also learn what not to do from reform in the US, whose...”
– …burn.
How NOT to reform American education
(via world-shaker)
AKA: Indiana, ur doin’ in wrong.
(via girlwithalessonplan)
Because if there’s one thing history has taught us, it’s that more choice is a bad thing.
Wait, that’s not right…
508. Eat like a local, tip like an American.
Amen.
November 2011
6 posts
October 2011
8 posts
South Africa: ANC Youth League protests call for... →
fyeahafrica:
Several thousand protesters in South Africa’s main city, Johannesburg, have demanded greater economic power for black people.
The demonstrators waved placards calling for the nationalisation of mines in order to reduce the influence of white-owned businesses.
The governing party’s youth wing organised the protest under the theme “economic freedom in our lifetime”.
White...
I'm gonna say it
nikkwhyte:
It’s time to arm the occupation.
Quick, tell me the last time the tea party got tear gassed. Or the last time a tea partier suffered a skull fracture at the hands of a cop.
Oakland PD fired the first shot. It’s time to answer, and every human instinct I have says to answer in kind.
I was wrong when I said this may happen in our lifetime.
It’s happening now.
September 2011
12 posts
“White racist notions are so deep-rooted
within capitalist society that the...”
– Walter Rodney, How Europe Undeveloped Africa (via wisdomforthemasses)
“Failure of African agriculture to advance?” Where did it fail to advance? In South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Kenya yields went through the roof. Considering that those were settler colonies, it seems strange to blame...
the state killed two men, we only cared for one →
azspot:
Two men were executed last night by the state.
And no one said a word about one of them.
Because it wasn’t about Troy Davis. Because witnesses didn’t recant. Because the evidence was clear. Because hundreds of thousands worldwide didn’t sign a petition for him.
Because it was about a white supremacist.
(via hashtag—swag)
Hypocrisy is a bitch, huh?
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Boers Migrating to Republic of Georgia →
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“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone...”
– Lester Bangs, Almost Famous (via soupsoup)
Frustrated Curiosity
Earlier today fyeahafrica posted an interesting story about African soldiers who fought for Britain in Burma. Now, I was curious about whether these troops were conscripted by Britain or whether they were volunteers. This is a matter of curiosity for me because I know that Southern Rhodesia had a remarkably high percentage of its young white men conscripted for the war effort, while the...
“When we have been deeply hurt by another person, it is nearly impossible not to...”
– Henri Nouwen (via azspot)
WatchThe full debate between William F. Buckley Jr. and James Baldwin at the Cambridge Union.
August 2011
10 posts
“There’s a problem, though, with that message. To suggest that bad people were...”
– Dangerous White Stereotypes (via azspot)
Just remember, people cried at the funerals of Klansmen.
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“There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be...”
– Aristotle (via azspot)
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that it is only a short road that leads...”
– Le Mot Juste (via notadinnerparty)
July 2011
10 posts
